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Private ERNEST JAMES PURSLOW

Service Number: 5729163
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASTERLEY CHURCHYARD

S.E. of church.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Davies Purslow and Margaret Ellen Purslow, of Asterley; nephew of Mr. W. Purslow, of Malehurst Gossing.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ASTERLEY CHURCHYARD
Shropshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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